Kent · England
Wedding Hog Roast for Printstile
Roasted for hours, carved to order and served hot: a hog roast for your wedding in Printstile and across Kent.
- Barn and farm weddings
- Garden weddings at home
- Small, informal weddings
Book a hog roast in Printstile
Wedding hog roast near Printstile
Barn, marquee and garden weddings around Printstile suit a hog roast. We cook outside, under cover, and serve inside where the venue allows. For wedding breakfasts and garden weddings at home, we can cook salads, new potatoes and carved roast pork for your guests.
There’s something special about a country wedding near Printstile, and a whole hog roasting through the afternoon adds to it. Plan firm ground and a route for our vehicle. Timings are planned around your wedding, working back from when you want to eat.
DIY versus a catered hog roast
You could roast a hog yourself, but it is a long day’s work, from early set-up to carving at the end. A catered hog roast means you can enjoy the day.
DIY hire works best when someone in the family loves cooking. For bigger or more formal events, catering takes the pressure off.
Questions from Printstile
Can you cater after a service at Parish Church of St Lawrence?
Yes, at a home, hall or venue nearby with an outdoor spot for the roaster. Churches rarely have space for a hog roast, so the food is usually elsewhere. Send us the address.
Is Printstile too small for a hog roast?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
Do we need our own staff?
No need for your own staff: our chef carves and our team serves and clears.
Will our venue allow a hog roast?
Many do, but some only allow approved caterers or charge a fee. Check with them first, and we’ll work with them on the details.
Can a hog roast be our wedding breakfast?
Yes. We serve it on plates with salads and potatoes, with china available, with our staff serving.
Will there be enough to go round?
We size the roast to your numbers, so tell us your best estimate. We will confirm the menu in the quote.
What about guests who do not eat pork?
The menu has lamb, chicken, vegetarian and vegan options. Halal meat isn’t something we offer.
Can you be flexible on serving time?
We work back from when you want to eat, and a cooked roast can be held for a while if things run late.
Also near Printstile
What else we do in Printstile
Allergies and dietary needs
Tell us about dietary needs early and we will help. Some ideas:
- Collect dietary needs with RSVPs
- Note which guests do not eat pork, for lamb, chicken or a vegetarian choice
- If any guests need halal food, arrange it separately
- Stuffing normally contains gluten, so check the allergen list
On your wedding day, the food should look after itself. We arrive hours before serving, roast through the day and carve on cue.
For a sit-down meal, ask for china, as an extra.
The menu, dish by dish
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Salads, new potatoes, coleslaw and roast or jacket potatoes turn rolls into a full meal, especially at a sit-down event.
Halloumi and vegetable skewers (V)
Some guests will be vegetarian, and halloumi skewers give them a proper hot option.
Occasions we serve in Printstile
Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options mean every guest is looked after.
Hosts in Printstile book us for everything from small get-togethers to big outdoor events. Popular choices:
- Evening food after the first dance
- Small, informal weddings
- Marquee weddings
- Weddings in a family garden
Within reach of Printstile are historic houses such as Penshurst Place (1.4 miles west) and Chiddingstone Castle (3.3 miles west). Grand venues like these normally set rules for outside caterers, so ask before booking.
Comparing caterers
- Payment terms and cancellation policy
- Arrival time and how long the roast needs
- Whether VAT is included
- Travel and any London charges
What affects the price in Printstile
Every booking is priced individually, based on a few main things:
- Access to the cooking area
- The menu and extras such as lamb or chicken
- How long the roast and service take
- The journey to the venue
Cost depends on numbers, menu choices and service time, along with distance and how easy the site is. Every booking is different, so we quote each one individually.
What we need to know
When you enquire, please mention:
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a picture
- Rough numbers
- Any dietary needs or allergies
- Where the event is
To get a quote, just send us your date, venue and numbers. A picture of the cooking area helps. Send us your details through our quote form.
Why a carved hog roast beats a buffet
If your venue does its own catering, ask whether outside caterers are allowed for evening food. There may be a fee. UK price guides vary widely: roughly £10 a head for a simple roll, rising past £20 with more included. Every event gets its own quote, with everything listed.
Why us?
- Roasted on site, slowly, for hours
- Fresh carving at the serving station
- We bring everything to cook and serve
- Serving and clearing done for you
Take a look at how we price and our hog roast cost guide.
Planning the cooking spot
The roaster needs the right spot, because it cooks outside for several hours, and a little planning goes a long way:
- Approval from the venue or marquee supplier
- Lighting for evening service
- Serving inside the marquee or barn if allowed
If you’re unsure, send a picture of the space and the way in, and we’ll say what we think.
From the roaster
- Salads
- Rotisserie chicken
- Crackling
- Hog roast rolls
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- New potatoes
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Spit-roast lamb
- Vegan option (Ve)
Wedding venues and ceremonies near Printstile
Printstile is about 3 miles north-west of Royal Tunbridge Wells, in Kent. We bring a hog roast for your wedding to weddings anywhere in Printstile, as long as there’s an outdoor spot to cook. Printstile is one of 922 places in Kent we cover. We cater events right across the region, from Printstile to London (26 miles away).
If you want countryside in your photos, Barden Lake is not far. It’s worth telling train travellers that the nearest station is Leigh (Kent) station, about 1.7 miles north.
We cater weddings across the TN3 postcode area and the streets around it. That could mean a wedding in a garden on Penshurst Road and Barden Road, as long as there’s somewhere outside to cook. Printstile is on the B2176, so it is easy for us to reach with the equipment. We also bring hog roasts to weddings in Bidborough (1 mile east), Speldhurst (1 mile south), Poundsbridge (1 mile south-west), Stockland Green (1 mile south-east) and Bullingstone (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (15 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (8 miles north), Royal Tunbridge Wells (3 miles south-east), Tonbridge (3 miles north-east), Kings Hill (11 miles north-east) and Paddock Wood (8 miles east).
A little further out are Tonbridge Cottage Hospital (2.6 miles east) and The Milne Museum (3.2 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include Barden Lake and Broadwater Warren RSPB Reserve.
How it works
People love watching the carving: our chef carves the pork in front of the queue, with crackling for everyone who wants it. In Printstile, evening wedding food frequently coincides with dusk: about 9:20pm at midsummer, 8:50pm in late May and 7:05pm in late September. Festoon lights by the carving station look lovely in the photos.
- Choose the main meal, the evening food or both.
- We send a quote with the menu and staffing.
- The venue and we agree where the roaster goes.
- We arrive early and roast slowly on site.
- Our chef carves and the team serves and clears.
How to prepare
- Give us final numbers a week or so before
- Check there is nothing overhead or close by that could catch the heat
- Choose someone to meet us on arrival
How to get a price
Every quote lists the menu, the serving time, staff and plates, so you can compare caterers fairly. Fill in our quote form.
Read more
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Freshly carved pork with crackling, stuffing and apple sauce
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away